This research aims to develop a theory of and a model for analysing media experiences, considered as living and lived, embodied, situated forms of social experience.
This approach starts from a semiotic and cultural background but gathers many hints from phenomenological reflection and takes into account the latest results of cognitive neuroscience.

Michela Balconi, Ruggero Eugeni, Federico Bionda, Carlotta Acconito, and Flavia Ciminaghi
Multimodal Emotion Recognition in Cinema: A “Synthetic” Humanand ChatGPTDriven Analysis of Emotional Dynamics in Sophie’s Choice
In Intelligenza Articiale, online first, DOI 10.1177/17248035251369998
Neurofilmology: Semiotics, cognitivism, audiovisual experience
Ruggero Eugeni “Neurofilmology: Semiotics, cognitivism, audiovisual experience”, in Amir Biglar (ed.), Open Semiotics. Volume 3. Texts, Images, Arts, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2023, pp. 421-434.
Neurofilmología
Ruggero Eugeni, “Neurofilmología”, in Lorenzo Vilches Manterola (ed.), Diccionario de teorías narrativas 2. Narratología, cine, videojuego, medios, Barcelona, Caligrama Editorial – Penguin Random House, 2021, pp. 547-560.
La neurofilmologie. Une théorie pragmatique de l’audiovisuel en dialogue avec les sciences neurocognitives
Ruggero Eugeni, “La neurofilmologie. Une théorie pragmatique de l’audiovisuel en dialogue avec les sciences neurocognitives”, dans ¿ Interrogations. Révue multidisciplinaire de sciences humaines et sociales ? N° 27. Du pragmatisme en sciences humaines et sociales. Bilan et perspectives, 2019
Tags: Film Theory; Cognitive neurosciences; Semiotics; Pragmatics; Semiopragmatics
Neurofilmology. Film Studies and the Challenge of Neurosciences
by Adriano D’Aloia and Ruggero Eugeni. Introduction to the Special Issue #22 of the Journal Cinéma et Cie, Spring-Winter 2014, pp. 9-26
Tags: film theory; film semiotics; cognitive neurosciences; neurofilmology; story and discourse